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- Anthony H Futerman
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
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Kenworthy AK, Nichols BJ, Remmert CL, Hendrix GM, Kumar M, Zimmerberg J, Lippincott-Schwartz J. Dynamics of putative raft-associated proteins at the cell surface. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2004; 165:735-46. [PMID: 15173190 PMCID: PMC2172371 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200312170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 359] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Lipid rafts are conceptualized as membrane microdomains enriched in cholesterol and glycosphingolipid that serve as platforms for protein segregation and signaling. The properties of these domains in vivo are unclear. Here, we use fluorescence recovery after photobleaching to test if raft association affects a protein's ability to laterally diffuse large distances across the cell surface. The diffusion coefficients (D) of several types of putative raft and nonraft proteins were systematically measured under steady-state conditions and in response to raft perturbations. Raft proteins diffused freely over large distances (>4 μm), exhibiting Ds that varied 10-fold. This finding indicates that raft proteins do not undergo long-range diffusion as part of discrete, stable raft domains. Perturbations reported to affect lipid rafts in model membrane systems or by biochemical fractionation (cholesterol depletion, decreased temperature, and cholesterol loading) had similar effects on the diffusional mobility of raft and nonraft proteins. Thus, raft association is not the dominant factor in determining long-range protein mobility at the cell surface.
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- Anne K Kenworthy
- Cell Biology and Metabolism Branch, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bldg. 18T, Rm. 101, 18 Library Dr., Bethesda, MD 20895, USA
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Tomás M, Durán JM, Lázaro-Diéguez F, Babià T, Renau-Piqueras J, Egea G. Fluorescent analogues of plasma membrane sphingolipids are sorted to different intracellular compartments in astrocytes; Harmful effects of chronic ethanol exposure on sphingolipid trafficking and metabolism. FEBS Lett 2004; 563:59-65. [PMID: 15063723 DOI: 10.1016/s0014-5793(04)00245-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2004] [Revised: 02/26/2004] [Accepted: 02/27/2004] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Sphingolipids are basic constituents of cellular membranes and are essential for numerous functions such as intracellular signalling. They are transported along the exocytic and endocytic pathways in eukaryotic cells. After endocytosis, fluorescent-labelled sphingolipids are sorted to distinct intracellular organelles prior to recycling (via early/recycling endosomes) or degradation (late endosomes/lysosomes). Here we examine, in primary cultures of rat astrocytes, the internalisation routes followed by C(6)-NBD-glucosylceramide (NBD-GlcCer) and C(6)-NBD-sphingomyelin (NBD-SM) and the effects of ethanol on their endocytic trafficking. Endocytosed plasma membrane NBD-GlcCer and NBD-SM are diverted to the Golgi apparatus and lysosomes, respectively. These different internalisation pathways are maintained regardless of the differentiation stage of astrocytes. Chronic ethanol exposure did not alter this endocytic sorting, but delayed the internalisation of both NBD-sphingolipids. Moreover, ethanol also stimulated the in situ metabolism of NBD-ceramide to NBD-GlcCer and NBD-SM. We conclude that in rat astrocytes internalised plasma membrane NBD-sphingolipids are sorted to different subcellular compartments. The exposure to chronic ethanol perturbed the lipid endocytic process and stimulated the de novo synthesis of NBD-sphingolipids, shifting the balance of sphingolipid metabolism in favour of the sphingomyelin pathway.
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- Mónica Tomás
- Departament de Biologia Cellular i Anatomia Patològica, Facultat de Medicina, Universitat de Barcelona-IDIBAPS, C/ Casanova 143, E-08036 Barcelona, Spain
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Sharma DK, Brown JC, Choudhury A, Peterson TE, Holicky E, Marks DL, Simari R, Parton RG, Pagano RE. Selective stimulation of caveolar endocytosis by glycosphingolipids and cholesterol. Mol Biol Cell 2004; 15:3114-22. [PMID: 15107466 PMCID: PMC452569 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e04-03-0189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 217] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Internalization of some plasma membrane constituents, bacterial toxins, and viruses occurs via caveolae; however, the factors that regulate caveolar internalization are still unclear. Here, we demonstrate that a brief treatment of cultured cells with natural or synthetic glycosphingolipids (GSLs) or elevation of cholesterol (either by acute treatment with mbeta-cyclodextrin/cholesterol or by alteration of growth conditions) dramatically stimulates caveolar endocytosis with little or no effect on other endocytic mechanisms. These treatments also stimulated the movement of GFP-labeled vesicles in cells transfected with caveolin-1-GFP and reduced the number of surface-connected caveolae seen by electron microscopy. In contrast, overexpression of caveolin-1 decreased caveolar uptake, but treatment with GSLs reversed this effect and stimulated caveolar endocytosis. Stimulation of caveolar endocytosis did not occur using ceramide or phosphatidylcholine and was not due to GSL degradation because similar results were obtained using a nonhydrolyzable GSL analog. Stimulated caveolar endocytosis required src kinase and PKC-alpha activity as shown by i) use of pharmacological inhibitors, ii) expression of kinase inactive src or dominant negative PKCalpha, and iii) stimulation of src kinase activity upon addition of GSLs or cholesterol. These results suggest that caveolar endocytosis is regulated by a balance of caveolin-1, cholesterol, and GSLs at the plasma membrane.
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- Deepak K Sharma
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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te Vruchte D, Lloyd-Evans E, Veldman RJ, Neville DCA, Dwek RA, Platt FM, van Blitterswijk WJ, Sillence DJ. Accumulation of glycosphingolipids in Niemann-Pick C disease disrupts endosomal transport. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:26167-75. [PMID: 15078881 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m311591200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 153] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Glycosphingolipids are endocytosed and targeted to the Golgi apparatus but are mistargeted to lysosomes in sphingolipid storage disorders. Substrate reduction therapy utilizes imino sugars to inhibit glucosylceramide synthase and potentially abrogate the effects of storage. Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) disease is a disorder of intracellular transport where glycosphingolipids (GSLs) and cholesterol accumulate in endosomal compartments. The mechanisms of altered intracellular trafficking are not known but may involve the mistargeting and disrupted function of proteins associated with GSL membrane microdomains. Membrane microdomains were isolated by Triton X-100 and sucrose density gradient ultracentrifugation. High pressure liquid chromatography and mass spectrometric analysis of NPC1(-/-) mouse brain revealed large increases in GSL. Sphingosine was also found to be a component of membrane microdomains, and in NPC liver and spleen, large increases in cholesterol and sphingosine were found. GSL and cholesterol levels were increased in mutant NPC1-null Chinese hamster ovary cells as well as U18666A and progesterone induced NPC cell culture models. However, inhibition of GSL synthesis in NPC cells with N-butyldeoxygalactonojirimycin led to marked decreases in GSL but only small decreases in cholesterol levels. Both annexin 2 and 6, membrane-associated proteins that are important in endocytic trafficking, show distorted distributions in NPC cells. Altered BODIPY lactosylceramide targeting, decreased endocytic uptake of a fluid phase marker, and mistargeting of annexin 2 (phenotypes associated with NPC) are reversed by inhibition of GSL synthesis. It is suggested that accumulating GSL is part of a mislocalized membrane microdomain and is responsible for the deficit in endocytic trafficking found in NPC disease.
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- Danielle te Vruchte
- Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, United Kingdom
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Hao M, Mukherjee S, Sun Y, Maxfield FR. Effects of Cholesterol Depletion and Increased Lipid Unsaturation on the Properties of Endocytic Membranes. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:14171-8. [PMID: 14734557 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m309793200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Lipid analogs with dialkylindocarbocyanine (DiI) head groups and short or unsaturated hydrocarbon chains (e.g. DiIC(12) and FAST DiI) enter the endocytic recycling compartment efficiently, whereas lipid analogs with long, saturated tails (e.g. DiIC(16) and DiIC(18)) are sorted out of this pathway and targeted to the late endosomes/lysosomes (Mukherjee, S., Soe, T. T., and Maxfield, F. R. (1999) J. Cell Biol. 144, 1271-1284). This differential trafficking of lipid analogs with the same polar head group was interpreted to result from differential partitioning to different types of domains with varying membrane order and/or curvature. Here we investigate the system further by monitoring the trafficking behavior of these lipid analogs under conditions that alter domain properties. There was a marked effect of cholesterol depletion on the cell-surface distribution and degree of internalization of the lipid probes. Furthermore, instead of going to the late endosomes/lysosomes as in control cells, long chain DiI analogs, such as DiIC(16), were sorted to the recycling pathway in cholesterol-depleted cells. We confirmed that this difference was due to a change in overall membrane properties, and not cholesterol levels per se, by utilizing a Chinese hamster ovary cell line that overexpressed transfected stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1, a rate-limiting enzyme in the production of monounsaturated fatty acids. These cells have a decrease in membrane order because they contain a much larger fraction of unsaturated fatty acids. These cells showed alteration of DiI trafficking very similar to cholesterol-depleted cells. By using cold Triton X-100 extractability of different lipids as a criterion to determine the membrane properties of intracellular organelles, we found that the endocytic recycling compartment has abundant detergent-resistant membranes, in contrast to the late endosomes and lysosomes.
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- Mingming Hao
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Salvioli R, Scarpa S, Ciaffoni F, Tatti M, Ramoni C, Vanier MT, Vaccaro AM. Glucosylceramidase mass and subcellular localization are modulated by cholesterol in Niemann-Pick disease type C. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:17674-80. [PMID: 14757764 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m313517200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is characterized by the accumulation of cholesterol and sphingolipids in the late endosomal/lysosomal compartment. The mechanism by which the concentration of sphingolipids such as glucosylceramide is increased in this disease is poorly understood. We have found that, in NPC fibroblasts, the cholesterol storage affects the stability of glucosylceramidase (GCase), decreasing its mass and activity; a reduction of cholesterol raises the level of GCase to nearly normal values. GCase is activated and stabilized by saposin C (Sap C) and anionic phospholipids. Here we show by immunofluorescence microscopy that in normal fibroblasts, GCase, Sap C, and lysobisphosphatidic acid (LBPA), the most abundant anionic phospholipid in the endolysosomal system, reside in the same intracellular vesicular structures. In contrast, the colocalization of GCase, Sap C, and LBPA is markedly impaired in NPC fibroblasts but can be re-established by cholesterol depletion. These data show for the first time that the level of cholesterol modulates the interaction of GCase with its protein and lipid activators, namely Sap C and LBPA, regulating the GCase activity and stability.
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- Rosa Salvioli
- Department of Hematology, Istituto Superiore Sanita', 00161 Roma, Italy
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Neufeld EB, Stonik JA, Demosky SJ, Knapper CL, Combs CA, Cooney A, Comly M, Dwyer N, Blanchette-Mackie J, Remaley AT, Santamarina-Fojo S, Brewer HB. The ABCA1 transporter modulates late endocytic trafficking: insights from the correction of the genetic defect in Tangier disease. J Biol Chem 2004; 279:15571-8. [PMID: 14747463 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m314160200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 161] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023] Open
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We have previously established that the ABCA1 transporter, which plays a critical role in the lipidation of extracellular apolipoprotein acceptors, traffics between late endocytic vesicles and the cell surface (Neufeld, E. B., Remaley, A. T., Demosky, S. J., Jr., Stonik, J. A., Cooney, A. M., Comly, M., Dwyer, N. K., Zhang, M., Blanchette-Mackie, J., Santamarina-Fojo, S., and Brewer, H. B., Jr. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 27584-27590). The present study provides evidence that ABCA1 in late endocytic vesicles plays a role in cellular lipid efflux. Late endocytic trafficking was defective in Tangier disease fibroblasts that lack functional ABCA1. Consistent with a late endocytic protein trafficking defect, the hydrophobic amine U18666A retained NPC1 in abnormally tubulated, cholesterol-poor, Tangier disease late endosomes, rather than cholesterol-laden lysosomes, as in wild type fibroblasts. Consistent with a lipid trafficking defect, Tangier disease late endocytic vesicles accumulated both cholesterol and sphingomyelin and were immobilized in a perinuclear localization. The excess cholesterol in Tangier disease late endocytic vesicles retained massive amounts of NPC1, which traffics lysosomal cholesterol to other cellular sites. Exogenous apoA-I abrogated the cholesterol-induced retention of NPC1 in wild type but not in Tangier disease late endosomes. Adenovirally mediated ABCA1-GFP expression in Tangier disease fibroblasts corrected the late endocytic trafficking defects and restored apoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux. ABCA1-GFP expression in wild type fibroblasts also reduced late endosome-associated NPC1, induced a marked uptake of fluorescent apoA-I into ABCA1-GFP-containing endosomes (that shuttled between late endosomes and the cell surface), and enhanced apoA-I-mediated cholesterol efflux. The combined results of this study suggest that ABCA1 converts pools of late endocytic lipids that retain NPC1 to pools that can associate with endocytosed apoA-I, and be released from the cell as nascent high density lipoprotein.
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- Edward B Neufeld
- Molecular Disease Branch, NHLBI, NHLBI Light Microscopy Core Facility, and Laboratory for Cellular Biology and Biochemistry, NIDDK, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA.
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Reid PC, Sakashita N, Sugii S, Ohno-Iwashita Y, Shimada Y, Hickey WF, Chang TY. A novel cholesterol stain reveals early neuronal cholesterol accumulation in the Niemann-Pick type C1 mouse brain. J Lipid Res 2004; 45:582-91. [PMID: 14703504 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.d300032-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Niemann-Pick type C (NPC) is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by progressive accumulation of cholesterol, gangliosides, and other lipids in the central nervous system and visceral organs. In the NPC1 mouse model, neurodegeneration and neuronal cell loss occur before postnatal day 21. Whether neuronal cholesterol accumulation occurs in vivo before the first signs of neuronal cell loss has not been demonstrated. In this report, we used the NPC1 mouse model and employed a novel cholesterol binding reagent, BC theta, that enabled us to visualize cellular cholesterol accumulation at a level previously unattainable. The results demonstrate the superiority of BC theta staining over conventional filipin staining in confocal microscopy and highlight several new findings. We show that at postnatal day 9, although only mild signs of neurodegeneration are detectable, significant neuronal cholesterol accumulation has already occurred throughout the NPC1 brain. In addition, although NPC1 Purkinje neurons exhibit a normal morphology at day 9, significant cholesterol accumulation within their extensive dendritic trees has occurred. We also show that in the thalamus and cortex of NPC1 mice, activated glial cells first appear at postnatal day 9 and heavily populate by day 22, suggesting that in NPC1 mice, neuronal cholesterol accumulation precedes neuronal injury and neuronal cell loss.
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- Patrick C Reid
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Soreghan B, Thomas SN, Yang AJ. Aberrant sphingomyelin/ceramide metabolic-induced neuronal endosomal/lysosomal dysfunction: potential pathological consequences in age-related neurodegeneration. Adv Drug Deliv Rev 2003; 55:1515-24. [PMID: 14597144 DOI: 10.1016/j.addr.2003.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Alterations in the trafficking and function of the endocytic pathway have been extensively documented to be one of the earliest pathological changes in sporadic Alzheimer's disease (AD). Although the pathophysiological consequences of these endosomal/lysosomal changes are currently unknown, several recent studies have suggested that such changes in endocytic function are able to cause a redistribution of several lysosomal hydrolases into early endosomes, leading to the overproduction of neurotoxic amyloid peptide. Recently, we and others have demonstrated that abnormal endocytic pathology within post-mitotic neurons can, in part, be attributed to alterations in sphingomyelin/ceramide metabolism, resulting in the intracellular accumulation of ceramide. Once inside the cell, the ability of ceramide to physically alter membrane structure, formation, and fusion, rather than serving solely as a lipid secondary messenger, may severely compromise normal endocytic trafficking. In this review, we will discuss the potential pathological effects of abnormal sphingomyelin/ceramide metabolism on intracellular vesicular transport in relation to both amyloid accumulation in AD and various neurodegenerative diseases associated with lysosomal abnormalities.
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- Brian Soreghan
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, 1985 Zonal Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA
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BACKGROUND Niemann-Pick disease, type C (NPC), is a lipid storage disease that may present at any age from fetal life to the seventh decade. Its protean manifestations include hepatic and pulmonary failure, as well as a range of progressive neuropsychiatric phenotypes. Late onset disease has been increasingly recognized as the biochemical diagnosis of NPC has been more widely applied. REVIEW SUMMARY The phenotypes, biochemical, and molecular bases of NPC are reviewed. Indistinguishable phenotypes are produced by mutations in two distinct genes, designated NPC 1 and NPC 2, that play key roles in the intracellular trafficking of lipids. The diagnosis of NPC is challenging as the characteristic vertical supranuclear gaze palsy is difficult to recognize, organomegaly is often absent, and standard biochemical screening studies are usually normal. Definitive diagnosis requires demonstration of the trafficking defect in cultured fibroblasts, supplemented in selected cases by genotyping. Animal studies have shown that inhibition of glycosphingolipid synthesis may delay the onset of disease and prolong survival; a human trial of this approach is underway. CONCLUSIONS NPC is a model for inborn errors of metabolism whose gene product mediates molecular trafficking rather than catabolizing macromolecules, as in classic lipid storage diseases. NPC should be considered in the differential diagnosis of progressive neurodegenerative disorders at any age. The astute clinician can provide great comfort to families afflicted by NPC by making an accurate diagnosis, notwithstanding the absence of definitive treatment.
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- Marc C Patterson
- Division of Pediatric Neurology, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Children's Hospital of New York and The Neurological Institute of New York, Harkness Pavilion, HP-542, 180 Fort Washington Avenue, New York, NY, USA
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is characterized by the deposition of beta-amyloid (A beta) plaques derived from the amyloidogenic processing; of a transmembrane protein called beta-amyloid precursor protein (APP). In addition to the known genetic/sporadic factors that promote the formation of A beta, the composition and structural dynamics of the membrane are also thought to play a significant role in the amyloidogenic processing of APP that promotes seeding of A beta. This minireview reinforces the roles played by membrane dynamics, membrane microdomains, and cholesterol homeostasis in relation to amyloidogenesis, and reviews current strategies of lowering cholesterol in treating AD.
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- Neelima B Chauhan
- Research and Development, Veterans Affairs Chicago Health Care System-West Side VA Medical Center, and Department of NeuroAnesthesiology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
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Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is an autosomal recessive neurovisceral lipid storage with a wide spectrum of clinical phenotypes. At the cellular level, the disorder is characterized by accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and glycolipids in the lysosomal/late endosomal system. Approximatively 95% of patients have mutations in the NPC1 gene (mapped at 18q11) which encodes a large membrane glycoprotein primarily located to late endosomes. The remainder have mutations in the NPC2 gene (mapped at 14q24.3) which encodes a small soluble lysosomal protein with cholesterol-binding properties. The identical biochemical patterns observed in NPC1 and NPC2 mutants suggest that the two proteins function in a coordinate fashion. Identification of mutations revealed a complex picture of molecular heterogeneity, allowing genotype - phenotype correlations for both genes and providing insights into structure - function relationships for the NPC1 protein. Although a whole body of evidence suggests that the NPC1 and NPC2 proteins are involved in the cellular postlysosomal/late endosomal transport of cholesterol, glycolipids and other cargo, their precise functions and relationship remain unclear and are currently the subject of intense investigation. These studies, conducted in various models, should ultimately lead to a better understanding of the pathophysiology of NPC and new therapeutic approaches.
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- M T Vanier
- INSERM Unit 189, Lyon-Sud Medical School, Oullins and Fondation Gillet-Mérieux, Lyon-Sud Hospital, Pierre-Bénite, France.
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Yaghootfam A, Gieselmann V. Specific hammerhead ribozymes reduce synthesis of cation-independent mannose 6-phosphate receptor mRNA and protein. Gene Ther 2003; 10:1567-74. [PMID: 12907948 DOI: 10.1038/sj.gt.3302032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Storage diseases because of lysosomal enzyme deficiencies may be treated by the transplantation of cells that secrete the enzyme which is deficient in patients. One can expect that increasing the amount of secreted enzymes will improve the therapy efficacy. Secretion of lysosomal enzymes can be enhanced by reducing the mannose 6-phosphate receptor involved in the lysosomal sorting of newly synthesized lysosomal enzymes. For this purpose, we have constructed hammerhead ribozymes targeting the mRNA of the large murine mannose 6-phosphate receptor (M6PR300). In vitro ribozymes cleave M6PR300 RNA fragments efficiently with cleavage rates of 69-93% after 3 h of incubation. Ribozymes were cloned into an expression vector in which they are integrated into the VaI adenovirus RNA to increase stability and in which they are transcribed from an RNA polymerase III promoter. These plasmids were transiently transfected into BHK cells to investigate in vivo activity. Two ribozymes reduce efficiently the levels of murine M6PR300 mRNA in transient transfection experiments to 42-45%. This correlates with the reduction of M6PR300 biosynthesis, which is reduced also to 37% of normal. We can also demonstrate that the reduction in M6PR300 is sufficient to increase a lysosomal enzyme secretion.
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- A Yaghootfam
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität, Bonn, Germany
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Nyasae LK, Hubbard AL, Tuma PL. Transcytotic efflux from early endosomes is dependent on cholesterol and glycosphingolipids in polarized hepatic cells. Mol Biol Cell 2003; 14:2689-705. [PMID: 12857857 PMCID: PMC165669 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e02-12-0816] [Citation(s) in RCA: 59] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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We examined the role that lipid rafts play in regulating apical protein trafficking in polarized hepatic cells. Rafts are postulated to form in the trans-Golgi network where they recruit newly synthesized apical residents and mediate their direct transport to the apical plasma membrane. In hepatocytes, single transmembrane and glycolipid-anchored apical proteins take the "indirect" route. They are transported from the trans-Golgi to the basolateral plasma membrane where they are endocytosed and transcytosed to the apical surface. Do rafts sort hepatic apical proteins along this circuitous pathway? We took two approaches to answer this question. First, we determined the detergent solubility of selected apical proteins and where in the biosynthetic pathway insolubility was acquired. Second, we used pharmacological agents to deplete raft components and assessed their effects on basolateral-to-apical transcytosis. We found that cholesterol and glycosphingolipids are required for delivery from basolateral early endosomes to the subapical compartment. In contrast, fluid phase uptake and clathrin-mediated internalization of recycling receptors were only mildly impaired. Apical protein solubility did not correlate with raft depletion or impaired transcytosis, suggesting other factors contribute to apical protein insolubility. Examination of apical proteins in Fao cells also revealed that raft-dependent sorting does not require the polarized cell context.
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- Lydia K Nyasae
- Department of Cell Biology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
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Mayran N, Parton RG, Gruenberg J. Annexin II regulates multivesicular endosome biogenesis in the degradation pathway of animal cells. EMBO J 2003; 22:3242-53. [PMID: 12839987 PMCID: PMC165635 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Proteins of the annexin family are believed to be involved in membrane-related processes, but their precise functions remain unclear. Here, we have made use of several experimental approaches, including pathological conditions, RNA interference and in vitro transport assays, to study the function of annexin II in the endocytic pathway. We find that annexin II is required for the biogenesis of multivesicular transport intermediates destined for late endosomes, by regulating budding from early endosomes-but not the membrane invagination process. Hence, the protein appears to be a necessary component of the machinery controlling endosomal membrane dynamics and multivesicular endosome biogenesis. We also find that annexin II interacts with cholesterol and that its subcellular distribution is modulated by the subcellular distribution of cholesterol, including in cells from patients with the cholesterol-storage disorder Niemann-Pick C. We conclude that annexin II forms cholesterol-containing platforms on early endosomal membranes, and that these platforms regulate the onset of the degradation pathway in animal cells.
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- Nathalie Mayran
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, 30 quai E Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
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Puri V, Jefferson JR, Singh RD, Wheatley CL, Marks DL, Pagano RE. Sphingolipid storage induces accumulation of intracellular cholesterol by stimulating SREBP-1 cleavage. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:20961-70. [PMID: 12657626 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m300304200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We showed previously that the intracellular transport of sphingolipids (SLs) is altered in SL storage disease fibroblasts, due in part to the secondary accumulation of free cholesterol. In the present study we examined the mechanism of cholesterol elevation in normal human skin fibroblasts induced by treatment with SLs. When cells were incubated with various natural SLs for 44 h, cholesterol levels increased 25-35%, and cholesterol esterification was reduced. Catabolism of the exogenous SLs was not required for elevation of cholesterol because (i) a non-hydrolyzable and a degradable SL analog elevated cellular cholesterol to similar extents, and (ii) incubation of cells with various SL catabolites, including ceramide, had no effect on cholesterol levels. Elevated cholesterol was derived primarily from low density lipoproteins (LDL) and resulted from up-regulation of LDL receptors induced by cleavage of the sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1. Upon SL treatment, cholesterol accumulated with exogenous SLs in late endosomes and lysosomes. These results suggest a model in which excess SLs present in endocytic compartments serve as a "molecular trap" for cholesterol, leading to a reduction in cholesterol at the endoplasmic reticulum, induction of sterol regulatory element-binding protein-1 cleavage, and up-regulation of LDL receptors.
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- Vishwajeet Puri
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Pagano RE. Endocytic trafficking of glycosphingolipids in sphingolipid storage diseases. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci 2003; 358:885-91. [PMID: 12803922 PMCID: PMC1693187 DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2003.1275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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In this review, recent studies of membrane lipid transport in sphingolipid (SL) storage disease (SLSD) fibroblasts are summarized. Several fluorescent glycosphingolipid (GSL) analogues are internalized from the plasma membrane via caveolae and are subsequently transported to the Golgi complex of normal fibroblasts, while in 10 different SLSD cell types, these lipids accumulate in endosomes and lysosomes. Additional studies have shown that cholesterol homeostasis is perturbed in multiple SLSDs secondary to accumulation of endogenous SLs, and that mis-targeting of the GSLs is regulated by cellular cholesterol. Golgi targeting of GSLs internalized via caveolae is dependent on microtubules and phosphoinositide 3-kinase(s) and is inhibited by expression of dominant-negative rab7 and rab9 constructs. Overexpression of wild-type rab7 or rab9 (but not rab11) in Niemann-Pick C fibroblasts results in correction of lipid trafficking defects, including restoration of Golgi targeting of fluorescent lactosylceramide and endogenous GM1 ganglioside (monitored by the transport of fluorescent cholera toxin), and a dramatic reduction in accumulation of intracellular cholesterol. These results suggest an approach for restoring normal lipid trafficking in this, and perhaps other, SLSD cell types, and may provide a basis for future therapy of these diseases.
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- Richard E Pagano
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, 200 First Street, SW, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.
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Sugii S, Reid PC, Ohgami N, Shimada Y, Maue RA, Ninomiya H, Ohno-Iwashita Y, Chang TY. Biotinylated theta-toxin derivative as a probe to examine intracellular cholesterol-rich domains in normal and Niemann-Pick type C1 cells. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:1033-41. [PMID: 12562855 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.d200036-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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BCtheta is a proteolytically nicked and biotinylated derivative of a cholesterol binding protein perfringolysin O (theta-toxin), and has been used to detect cholesterol-rich domains at the plasma membrane (PM). Here we show that by modifying the cell fixation condition, BCtheta can also be used to detect cholesterol-rich domains intracellularly. When cells were processed for PM cholesterol staining, the difference in BCtheta signals between the CT43 (CT) cell, a mutant Chinese hamster ovary cell line lacking the Niemann-Pick type C1 (NPC1) protein, and its parental cell 25RA (RA) was minimal. However, when cells were fixed with 4% paraformaldehyde, they became permeable to BCtheta. Under this condition, BCtheta mainly stained cholesterol-rich domains inside the cells, with the signal being much stronger in CT cells than in RA cells. The sensitivity of BCtheta staining was superior to that of filipin staining. The staining of cholesterol-rich domain(s) inside RA cells was sensitive to beta-cyclodextrin treatment, while most of the staining inside CT cells was relatively resistant to cyclodextrin treatment. Clear differences in intracellular BCtheta staining were also seen between the normal and mutant NPC1 fibroblasts of human or mouse origin. Thus, BCtheta is a powerful tool for visually monitoring cholesterol-rich domains inside normal and NPC cells.
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- Shigeki Sugii
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Reid PC, Sugii S, Chang TY. Trafficking defects in endogenously synthesized cholesterol in fibroblasts, macrophages, hepatocytes, and glial cells from Niemann-Pick type C1 mice. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:1010-9. [PMID: 12611909 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m300009-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Niemann-Pick type C1 disease (NPC1) is an inherited neurovisceral lipid storage disorder, hallmarked by the intracellular accumulation of unesterified cholesterol and glycolipids in endocytic organelles. Cells acquire cholesterol through exogenous uptake and endogenous biosynthesis. NPC1 participation in the trafficking of LDL-derived cholesterol has been well studied; however, its role in the trafficking of endogenously synthesized cholesterol (endoCHOL) has received much less attention. Previously, using mutant Chinese hamster ovary cells, we showed that endoCHOL moves from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) to the plasma membrane (PM) independent of NPC1. After arriving at the PM, it moves between the PM and internal compartments. The movement of endoCHOL from internal membranes back to the PM and the ER for esterification was shown to be defective in NPC1 cells. To test the generality of these findings, we have examined the trafficking of endoCHOL in four different physiologically relevant cell types isolated from wild-type, heterozygous, and homozygous BALB/c NPC1NIH mice. The results show that all NPC1 homozygous cell types (embryonic fibroblasts, peritoneal macrophages, hepatocytes, and cerebellar glial cells) exhibit partial trafficking defects, with macrophages and glial cells most prominently affected. Our findings suggest that endoCHOL may contribute significantly to the overall cholesterol accumulation observed in selective tissues affected by Niemann-Pick type C disease.
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- Patrick C Reid
- Department of Biochemistry, Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH 03755, USA
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Wiegand V, Chang TY, Strauss JF, Fahrenholz F, Gimpl G. Transport of plasma membrane-derived cholesterol and the function of Niemann-Pick C1 Protein. FASEB J 2003; 17:782-4. [PMID: 12594172 DOI: 10.1096/fj.02-0818fje] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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To visualize the intracellular transport of plasma membrane-derived cholesterol under physiological and pathophysiological conditions, a novel fluorescent cholesterol analog, 6-dansyl cholestanol (DChol), has been synthesized. We present several lines of evidence that DChol mimics cholesterol. The cholesterol probe could be efficiently incorporated into the plasma membrane via cyclodextrin-donor complexes. The itinerary of DChol from the plasma membrane to the cell was studied to determine its dependence on the function of Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC) protein. In all cells, DChol moved from the plasma membrane to the endoplasmic reticulum. Its further transport to the Golgi complex was observed but with marked differences among various cell lines. DChol was finally transported to small (approximately 0.5 microm diameter) lipid droplets, a process that required functional acyl-CoA:cholesterol acyltransferase. In human NPC fibroblasts, NPC-like cells, or in cells mimicking the NPC phenotype, DChol was found in enlarged (>1 microm diameter) droplets. When the NPC-phenotype was corrected by transfection with NPC1, DChol was again found in small-sized droplets. Our data show that NPC1 has an essential role in the distribution of plasma membrane-derived cholesterol by maintaining the small size of cholesterol-containing lipid droplets in the cell.
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- Volker Wiegand
- Institute of Biochemistry, Johannes Gutenberg-University of Mainz, Germany
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Studying human diseases can help us to uncover important processes in normal cells. Cell biologists have recently focused on inherited sphingolipid-storage diseases. Eukaryotic life is characterized by internal membranes of various compositions, and sphingolipids are a small but important part of these membranes. Compositional differences between cellular membranes are maintained by sorting and sphingolipids are thought to organize this process by forming ordered domains of increased thickness in the bilayer. Here, we describe the impact of sphingolipid accumulation on the sorting of endocytic membranes and discuss the proposed basis for the pathology of these diseases at the cellular level.
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- Dan J Sillence
- Glycobiology Institute, Dept Biochemistry, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, UK.
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Hall AM, Krishnamoorthy L, Orlow SJ. Accumulation of tyrosinase in the endolysosomal compartment is induced by U18666A. PIGMENT CELL RESEARCH 2003; 16:149-58. [PMID: 12622792 DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0749.2003.00027.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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The 3beta-(2-diethylaminoethoxy)-androstenone HCl (U18666A), progesterone and several cationic amphiphilic drugs have been shown to alter the trafficking of a number of intracellular membrane proteins including CD63/Lamp-3, insulin growth factor 2/mannose 6-phosphate receptor (IGF2/MPR), and the Niemann-Pick C1 gene product (NPC1) as well as ganglioside GM1. We have examined the effects of these compounds on cultured melanocytes at concentrations that have been shown to effectively alter intracellular trafficking. Treatment of melanocytes with U18666A (2.5 micro M) or progesterone (15 micro M) for 96 h decreased melanin content an average of 67% as compared with control without lowering the total cellular tyrosinase activity. Steroidal alkaloids that preferentially act on the Sonic Hedgehog signaling pathway showed no related specificity in their ability to decrease pigmentation. In melanocytes treated with U18666A, tyrosinase accumulates in a compartment that contains both lysosome-associated membrane protein-1 (Lamp 1) and MPR, and stains with filipin, consistent with cholesterol-laden late endosomes/lysosomes. Our results suggest that tyrosinase, like the NPC1 gene product, traverses a U18666A-sensitive trafficking pathway.
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- Andrea M Hall
- The Ronald O. Perelman Department of Dermatology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Maekawa S, Iino S, Miyata S. Molecular characterization of the detergent-insoluble cholesterol-rich membrane microdomain (raft) of the central nervous system. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2003; 1610:261-70. [PMID: 12648779 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(03)00023-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Many fundamental neurological issues such as neuronal polarity, the formation and remodeling of synapses, synaptic transmission, and the pathogenesis of the neuronal cell death are closely related to the membrane dynamics. The elucidation of functional roles of a detergent-insoluble cholesterol-rich domain (raft) could therefore provide good clues to the molecular understanding of these important phenomena, for the participation of the raft in the fundamental cell functions, such as signal transduction and selective transport of lipids and proteins, has been elucidated in nonneural cells. Interestingly, the brain is rich in raft and the brain-derived raft differs in its lipid and protein components from other tissue-derived rafts. Since many excellent reviews are written on the membrane lipid dynamics of this microdomain, signal transduction, and neuronal glycolipids, we review on the characterization of the raft proteins recovered in the detergent-insoluble low-density fraction from rat brain. Special focus is addressed on the biochemical characterization of a neuronal enriched protein, NAP-22, for the lipid organizing activity of this protein has become increasingly clear.
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- Shohei Maekawa
- Department of Life Science, Graduate School of Science and Technology, Kobe University, Rokkodai 1-1, Kobe 657-8501, Japan.
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Sharma DK, Choudhury A, Singh RD, Wheatley CL, Marks DL, Pagano RE. Glycosphingolipids internalized via caveolar-related endocytosis rapidly merge with the clathrin pathway in early endosomes and form microdomains for recycling. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:7564-72. [PMID: 12482757 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m210457200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 175] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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We have previously demonstrated that glycosphingolipids are internalized from the plasma membrane of human skin fibroblasts by a clathrin-independent, caveolar-related mechanism and are subsequently transported to the Golgi apparatus by a process that is dependent on microtubules, phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase, Rab7, and Rab9. Here we characterized the early steps of intracellular transport of a fluorescent glycosphingolipid analog, BODIPY-lactosylceramide (LacCer), and compared this to fluorescent transferrin (Tfn), a well established marker for the clathrin pathway. Although these two markers were initially internalized into separate vesicles by distinct mechanisms, they became co-localized in early endosomes within 5 min. These results demonstrate that glycosphingolipid-containing vesicles derived from caveolar-related endocytosis fuse with the classical endosomal system. However, in contrast to Tfn, internalization and trafficking of LacCer was independent of Rab5a, a key regulator of transport to early endosomes. By taking advantage of the monomer/excimer properties of the fluorescent lipid analog, we were also able to visualize LacCer segregation into distinct microdomains of high (red emission) and low (green emission) concentrations in the early endosomes of living cells. Interestingly, the high concentration "red" microdomains co-localized with fluorescent Tfn upon exit from early endosomes and passed through Rab11-positive "recycling endosomes" prior to being transported back to the plasma membrane. These results together with our previous studies suggest that glycosphingolipids internalized by caveolar endocytosis are rapidly delivered to early endosomes where they are fractionated into two major pools, one that is transported via late endosomes to the Golgi apparatus and the other that is returned to the plasma membrane via the recycling compartment.
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- Deepak K Sharma
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Walter M, Davies JP, Ioannou YA. Telomerase immortalization upregulates Rab9 expression and restores LDL cholesterol egress from Niemann-Pick C1 late endosomes. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:243-53. [PMID: 12576506 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m200230-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Niemann-Pick C (NPC) disease is a rare recessive lipidosis marked by excessive accumulation of LDL-derived free cholesterol and glycosphingolipids in the late endosomal-lysosomal (E-L) system. Here we report that ectopic expression of human telomerase reverse transcriptase (hTeRT) in human cells leads to an upregulation of the small GTPase Rab9 and its effector p40. Expression of hTeRT in NPC1 cells results in a correction of their cellular phenotype, including clearance of accumulated cholesterol from their E-L system. Specifically, in NPC1-TeRT cells, the transport of cholesterol from the E-L system to the plasma membrane is restored with a concomitant increase in cholesterol esterification. This effect is Rab9-specific since expression of Rab9 in untransformed NPC1 cells also leads to a reversal of their disease phenotype. These effects are also seen in normal TeRT-immortalized cells and it appears that TeRT expression leads to an increase in the transport of molecules, including cholesterol, from the E-L system, and may play a role in increasing cellular proliferation. These results suggest the existence of alternative endogenous therapeutic targets that can be modulated to reverse the NPC1 disease phenotype.
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- Marc Walter
- Department of Human Genetics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY 10029, USA
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Maier O, Hoekstra D. Trans-Golgi network and subapical compartment of HepG2 cells display different properties in sorting and exiting of sphingolipids. J Biol Chem 2003; 278:164-73. [PMID: 12407103 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m208259200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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In HepG2 cells, the subapical compartment (SAC) is involved in the biogenesis of membrane polarity. By contrast, direct apical transport originating from the trans-Golgi network (TGN), which may contribute to polarity establishment, has been poorly defined in these cells. Thus, although newly synthesized sphingolipids can be directly transported from the TGN to the apical membrane, numerous apical resident proteins are traveling via the transcytotic route. Here, we developed an in vitro transport assay and compared the molecular sorting of 6-[N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3 diazol-4-yl)amino] hexanoyl-sphingomyelin (C(6)NBD-SM) and C(6)NBD-glucosylceramide (C(6)NBD-GlcCer) in TGN and SAC. SM is released from both TGN and SAC in the lumenal leaflet of transport vesicles. This holds also for GlcCer released from the SAC but not for a substantial fraction that departed from the Golgi. Distinct transport vesicles, enriched in either SM or GlcCer are released from SAC, consistent with their rigid sorting in this compartment. Different vesicle populations could not be recovered from TGN, although in situ experiments reveal that GlcCer is preferentially transported to the apical membrane, reflecting different transport mechanisms. The results indicate that in HepG2 cells sphingolipids are mainly sorted in the SAC membrane and that the release of SM from SAC and TGN is differentially regulated.
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- Olaf Maier
- Department of Membrane Cell Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, A. Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Munn NJ, Arnio E, Liu D, Zoeller RA, Liscum L. Deficiency in ethanolamine plasmalogen leads to altered cholesterol transport. J Lipid Res 2003; 44:182-92. [PMID: 12518037 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m200363-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 94] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Plasmalogens are a major sub-class of ethanolamine and choline phospholipids in which the sn-1 position has a long chain fatty alcohol attached through a vinyl ether bond. These phospholipids are proposed to play a role in membrane fusion-mediated events. In this study, we investigated the role of the ethanolamine plasmalogen plasmenylethanolamine (PlsEtn) in intracellular cholesterol transport in Chinese hamster ovary cell mutants NRel-4 and NZel-1, which have single gene defects in PlsEtn biosynthesis. We found that PlsEtn was essential for specific cholesterol transport pathways, those from the cell surface or endocytic compartments to acyl-CoA/cholesterol acyltransferase in the endoplasmic reticulum. The movement of cholesterol from the endoplasmic reticulum or endocytic compartments to the cell surface was normal in PlsEtn-deficient cells. Also, vesicle trafficking was normal in PlsEtn-deficient cells, as measured by fluid phase endocytosis and exocytosis, as was the movement of newly-synthesized proteins to the cell surface. The mutant cholesterol transport phenotype was due to the lack of PlsEtn, since it was corrected when NRel-4 cells were transfected with a cDNA encoding the missing enzyme or supplied with a metabolic intermediate that enters the PlsEtn biosynthetic pathway downstream of the defect. Future work must determine the precise role that plasmalogens have on cholesterol transport to the endoplasmic reticulum.
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- Natalie J Munn
- Department of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA
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Recent studies on the endocytic itinerary of glycosphingolipids (GSLs) in sphingolipid storage disease (SLSD) fibroblasts have yielded new insights into the mechanisms underlying the endocytosis and intracellular sorting of lipids in normal and disease cells. Here we highlight new data on clathrin-independent endocytosis of GSLs, the involvement of sphingolipid-cholesterol interactions in perturbation of endocytic trafficking, and potential roles for rab proteins in regulation of GSL transport in SLSDs.
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- David L Marks
- Dept of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, S.W. Rochester, MN 55905-0001, USA
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Sillence DJ, Puri V, Marks DL, Butters TD, Dwek RA, Pagano RE, Platt FM. Glucosylceramide modulates membrane traffic along the endocytic pathway. J Lipid Res 2002; 43:1837-45. [PMID: 12401882 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m200232-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 103] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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Glycosphingolipids are endocytosed and targeted to the Golgi apparatus, but are mistargeted to lysosomes in numerous sphingolipidoses. Substrate reduction therapy utilizes imino sugars to inhibit glucosylceramide synthase and potentially abrogate the effects of storage. Gaucher disease is a hereditary deficiency in glucocerebrosidase leading to glucosylceramide accumulation; however, Gaucher fibroblasts exhibited normal Golgi transport of lactosylceramide. To better understand the effects of glycosphingolipid accumulation on intracellular trafficking and the use of imino sugar inhibitors, we studied sphingolipid endocytosis in fibroblast and macrophage models for Gaucher disease. Treatment of fibroblasts or RAW macrophages with conduritol B epoxide, an inhibitor of lysosomal glucocerebrosidase, resulted in a change in the endocytic targeting of lactosylceramide from the Golgi to the lysosomes. Co-treatment of macrophages with conduritol B-epoxide and 12-25 microM N-butyldeoxygalactonojirimycin, an inhibitor of glycosphingolipid biosynthesis, prevented the mistargeting of lactosylceramide to the lysosomes and restored trafficking to the Golgi. Surprisingly, higher doses (>25 microM) of NB-DGJ induced targeting of lactosylceramide to the lysosomes, even in the absence of conduritol B-epoxide. These data demonstrate that both increases and decreases in glucosylceramide levels can dramatically alter the endocytic targeting of lactosylceramide and suggest a role for glucosylceramide in regulation of membrane transport.
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- Dan J Sillence
- Glycobiology Institute, Department of Biochemistry, South Parks Road, University of Oxford, Oxford OX1 3QU, UK.
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We describe the problems encountered during general anaesthesia in a 2-year-old boy who was suffering from an extremely severe form of Niemann-Pick disease. Attention focused on respiratory difficulties and intubation problems. The usefulness of the lateral position and the limits of the Mallampati score in this case are discussed.
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- Lilianna-Szuba Bujok
- Departments of Clinical Anaesthesia and Anaesthesia and Critical Care, Medical University of Silesia, Katowice and Department of Anaesthesia, Silesian Paediatric Centre, Zabrze, Poland
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Liscum L, Arnio E, Anthony M, Howley A, Sturley SL, Agler M. Identification of a pharmaceutical compound that partially corrects the Niemann-Pick C phenotype in cultured cells. J Lipid Res 2002; 43:1708-17. [PMID: 12364555 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m200179-jlr200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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Niemann-Pick C (NPC) is an autosomal recessive lysosomal lipid storage disease characterized by progressive central nervous system degeneration. In cultured human NPC fibroblasts, LDL-derived cholesterol accumulates in lysosomes and endosomes, LDL-cholesterol transport from endocytic compartments to other cellular compartments is delayed, and LDL does not elicit normal homeostatic responses. Currently, there is no therapy that delays the onset of neurological symptoms or prolongs the life span of NPC children. We have developed and implemented an amphotericin B-mediated cytotoxicity assay to screen for potential therapeutic drugs that induce cholesterol movement in cultured NPC cells. NPC cells are relatively resistant to amphotericin B killing due to intracellular sequestration of cellular cholesterol. The screen was carried out using simian virus 40-transformed ovarian granulosa cells from the npc (nih) mouse model of NPC disease. A library of 44240 compounds was screened and 55 compounds were identified that promote amphotericin B-mediated killing of NPC cells. One compound, NP-27, corrected the NPC phenotype by four different measures of cholesterol homeostasis. In addition to making NPC cells more sensitive to amphotericin B, NP-27 stimulated two separate cholesterol transport pathways and restored LDL stimulation of cholesterol esterification to near normal levels.
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- Laura Liscum
- Department of Physiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA 02111, USA.
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Swain E, Stukey J, McDonough V, Germann M, Liu Y, Sturley SL, Nickels JT. Yeast cells lacking the ARV1 gene harbor defects in sphingolipid metabolism. Complementation by human ARV1. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:36152-60. [PMID: 12145310 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m206624200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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arv1Delta mutant cells have an altered sterol distribution within cell membranes (Tinkelenberg, A.H., Liu, Y., Alcantara, F., Khan, S., Guo, Z., Bard, M., and Sturley, S. L. (2000) J. Biol. Chem. 275, 40667-40670), and thus it has been suggested that Arv1p may be involved in the trafficking of sterol in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and also in humans. Here we present data showing that arv1Delta mutants also harbor defects in sphingolipid metabolism. [(3)H]inositol and [(3)H]dihydrosphingosine radiolabeling studies demonstrated that mutant cells had reduced rates of biosynthesis and lower steady-state levels of complex sphingolipids while accumulating certain hydroxylated ceramide species. Phospholipid radiolabeling studies showed that arv1Delta cells harbored defects in the rates of biosynthesis and steady-state levels of phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine, phosphatidylserine, and phosphatidylglycerol. Neutral lipid radiolabeling studies indicated that the rate of biosynthesis and steady-state levels of sterol ester were increased in arv1Delta cells. Moreover, these same studies demonstrated that arv1Delta cells had decreased rates of biosynthesis and steady-state levels of total fatty acid and fatty acid alcohols. Gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analyses examining different fatty acid species showed that arv1Delta cells had decreased levels of C18:1 fatty acid. Additional gas chromatography/mass spectrometry analyses determining the levels of various molecular sterol species in arv1Delta cells showed that mutant cells accumulated early sterol intermediates. Using fluorescence microscopy we found that GFP-Arv1p localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi. Interestingly, the heterologous expression of the human ARV1 cDNA suppressed the sphingolipid metabolic defects of arv1Delta cells. We hypothesize that in eukaryotic cells, Arv1p functions in the sphingolipid metabolic pathway perhaps as a transporter of ceramides between the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi.
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- Evelyn Swain
- Department of Biochemistry, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
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Fivaz M, Vilbois F, Thurnheer S, Pasquali C, Abrami L, Bickel PE, Parton RG, van der Goot FG. Differential sorting and fate of endocytosed GPI-anchored proteins. EMBO J 2002; 21:3989-4000. [PMID: 12145200 PMCID: PMC126144 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdf398] [Citation(s) in RCA: 169] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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In this paper, we studied the fate of endocytosed glycosylphosphatidyl inositol anchored proteins (GPI- APs) in mammalian cells, using aerolysin, a bacterial toxin that binds to the GPI anchor, as a probe. We find that GPI-APs are transported down the endocytic pathway to reducing late endosomes in BHK cells, using biochemical, morphological and functional approaches. We also find that this transport correlates with the association to raft-like membranes and thus that lipid rafts are present in late endosomes (in addition to the Golgi and the plasma membrane). In marked contrast, endocytosed GPI-APs reach the recycling endosome in CHO cells and this transport correlates with a decreased raft association. GPI-APs are, however, diverted from the recycling endosome and routed to late endosomes in CHO cells, when their raft association is increased by clustering seven or less GPI-APs with an aerolysin mutant. We conclude that the different endocytic routes followed by GPI-APs in different cell types depend on the residence time of GPI-APs in lipid rafts, and hence that raft partitioning regulates GPI-APs sorting in the endocytic pathway.
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, 1 rue Michel-Servet, CH-1211 Geneva 4,
Serono Pharmaceutical Research Institute S.A., 14 Chemin des Aulx, CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology, St Louis, MO 63110, USA and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, and Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, 1 rue Michel-Servet, CH-1211 Geneva 4,
Serono Pharmaceutical Research Institute S.A., 14 Chemin des Aulx, CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology, St Louis, MO 63110, USA and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, and Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, 1 rue Michel-Servet, CH-1211 Geneva 4,
Serono Pharmaceutical Research Institute S.A., 14 Chemin des Aulx, CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology, St Louis, MO 63110, USA and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, and Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, 1 rue Michel-Servet, CH-1211 Geneva 4,
Serono Pharmaceutical Research Institute S.A., 14 Chemin des Aulx, CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology, St Louis, MO 63110, USA and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, and Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Corresponding author e-mail:
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- Department of Genetics and Microbiology, 1 rue Michel-Servet, CH-1211 Geneva 4,
Serono Pharmaceutical Research Institute S.A., 14 Chemin des Aulx, CH-1228 Plan-les-Ouates, Geneva, Switzerland, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine and Cell Biology and Physiology, St Louis, MO 63110, USA and Institute for Molecular Bioscience, and Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia Corresponding author e-mail:
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Swain E, Baudry K, Stukey J, McDonough V, Germann M, Nickels JT. Sterol-dependent regulation of sphingolipid metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:26177-84. [PMID: 12006573 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m204115200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We had previously isolated the temperature-sensitive erg26-1 mutant and characterized the sterol defects in erg26-1 cells (Baudry, K., Swain, E., Rahier, A., Germann, M., Batta, A., Rondet, S., Mandala, S., Henry, K., Tint, G. S., Edlind, T., Kurtz, M., and Nickels, J. T., Jr. (2001) J. Biol. Chem. 276, 12702-12711). We have now determined the defects in sphingolipid metabolism in erg26-1 cells, examined their effects on cell growth, and initiated studies designed to elucidate how might changes in sterol levels coordinately regulate sphingolipid metabolism in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Using [(3)H]inositol radiolabeling studies, we found that the biosynthetic rate and steady-state levels of specific hydroxylated forms of inositolphosphorylceramides were decreased in erg26-1 cells when compared with wild type cells. [(3)H]Dihydrosphingosine radiolabeling studies demonstrated that erg26-1 cells had decreased levels of the phytosphingosine-derived ceramides that are the direct precursors of the specific hydroxylated inositol phosphorylceramides found to be lower in these cells. Gene dosage experiments using the sphingolipid long chain sphingoid base (LCB) hydroxylase gene, SUR2, suggest that erg26-1 cells may accumulate LCB, thus placing one point of sterol regulation of sphingolipid synthesis possibly at the level of ceramide metabolism. The results from additional genetic studies using the sphingolipid hydroxylase and copper transporter genes, SCS7 and CCC2, respectively, suggest a second possible point of sterol regulation at the level of complex sphingolipid hydroxylation. In addition, [(3)H]inositol radiolabeling of sterol biosynthesis inhibitor-treated wild type cells and late sterol pathway mutants showed that additional blocks in sterol biosynthesis have profound effects on sphingolipid metabolism, particularly sphingolipid hydroxylation state. Finally, our genetic studies in erg26-1 cells using the LCB phosphate phosphatase gene, LBP1, suggest that increasing the levels of the LCB sphingoid base phosphate can remediate the temperature-sensitive phenotype of erg26-1 cells.
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- Evelyn Swain
- Department of Biochemistry, MCP Hahnemann University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19102, USA
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McMaster CR. Lipid metabolism and vesicle trafficking: more than just greasing the transport machinery. Biochem Cell Biol 2002; 79:681-92. [PMID: 11800009 DOI: 10.1139/o01-139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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The movement of lipids from their sites of synthesis to ultimate intracellular destinations must be coordinated with lipid metabolic pathways to ensure overall lipid homeostasis is maintained. Thus, lipids would be predicted to play regulatory roles in the movement of vesicles within cells. Recent work has highlighted how specific lipid metabolic events can affect distinct vesicle trafficking steps and has resulted in our first glimpses of how alterations in lipid metabolism participate in the regulation of intracellular vesicles. Specifically, (i) alterations in sphingolipid metabolism affect the ability of SNAREs to fuse membranes, (ii) sterols are required for efficient endocytosis, (iii) glycerophospholipids and phosphorylated phosphatidylinositols regulate Golgi-mediated vesicle transport, (iv) lipid acylation is required for efficient vesicle transport mediated membrane fission, and (v) the addition of glycosylphosphatidylinositol lipid anchors to proteins orders them into distinct domains that result in their preferential sorting from other vesicle destined protein components in the endoplasmic reticulum. This review describes the experimental evidence that demonstrates a role for lipid metabolism in the regulation of specific vesicle transport events.
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- C R McMaster
- Department of Pediatrics, Atlantic Research Centre, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada.
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Choudhury A, Dominguez M, Puri V, Sharma DK, Narita K, Wheatley CL, Marks DL, Pagano RE. Rab proteins mediate Golgi transport of caveola-internalized glycosphingolipids and correct lipid trafficking in Niemann-Pick C cells. J Clin Invest 2002; 109:1541-50. [PMID: 12070301 PMCID: PMC151017 DOI: 10.1172/jci15420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 213] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023] Open
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We recently showed that human skin fibroblasts internalize fluorescent analogues of the glycosphingolipids lactosylceramide and globoside almost exclusively by a clathrin-independent mechanism involving caveolae. In contrast, a sphingomyelin analogue is internalized approximately equally via clathrin-dependent and caveolar routes. Here, we further characterized the caveolar pathway for glycosphingolipids, showing that Golgi targeting of sphingolipids internalized via caveolae required microtubules and phosphoinositol 3-kinases and was inhibited in cells expressing dominant-negative Rab7 and Rab9 constructs. In addition, overexpression of wild-type Rab7 or Rab9 (but not Rab11) in Niemann-Pick type C (NP-C) lipid storage disease fibroblasts resulted in correction of lipid trafficking defects, including restoration of Golgi targeting of fluorescent lactosylceramide and endogenous GM(1) ganglioside, and a dramatic reduction in intracellular cholesterol stores. Our results demonstrate a role for Rab7 and Rab9 in the Golgi targeting of glycosphingolipids and suggest a new therapeutic approach for restoring normal lipid trafficking in NP-C cells.
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- Amit Choudhury
- Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Thoracic Diseases Research Unit, Mayo Clinic and Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota 55905, USA
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Choudhury A, Dominguez M, Puri V, Sharma DK, Narita K, Wheatley CL, Marks DL, Pagano RE. Rab proteins mediate Golgi transport of caveola-internalized glycosphingolipids and correct lipid trafficking in Niemann-Pick C cells. J Clin Invest 2002. [DOI: 10.1172/jci0215420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 334] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Cells maintain a cholesterol gradient across the secretory system, with the lowest concentrations in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and the highest in the plasma membrane (PM). Cholesterol is also heterogeneously distributed in the endocytic pathway. Little is known about how this heterogeneous distribution of cholesterol is maintained despite continuous vesicular traffic between organelles. Both the modulation of the cholesterol content of transport vesicles and the non-vesicular transport of cholesterol between organelles are likely to contribute. This review summarizes what is known about the pathways and mechanisms of intracellular sterol trafficking.
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- Will Prinz
- Laboratory of Cell Biochemistry and Biology, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA.
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Membrane rafts enriched in cholesterol and sphingolipids have been hypothesized to be key mediators of sorting and signaling functions of associated molecules. Apart from a limited number of biophysical studies in living cell membranes, raft-association has been defined by a simple biochemical criterion, namely the ability to partition with detergent-resistant membranes (DRMs). Here we examine the evidence for the specification of internalization mechanisms and endocytic pathways by rafts as defined by this criterion. We have surveyed the endocytic trafficking of a variety of molecules such as lipids, toxins, glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI)-anchored proteins, and DRM-associated transmembrane proteins.
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- Pranav Sharma
- National Centre for Biological Sciences, UAS-GKVK Campus, GKVK P.O., Bangalore-560065, India
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Maier O, Oberle V, Hoekstra D. Fluorescent lipid probes: some properties and applications (a review). Chem Phys Lipids 2002; 116:3-18. [PMID: 12093532 DOI: 10.1016/s0009-3084(02)00017-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 157] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Odd as it may seem, experimental challenges in lipid research are often hampered by the simplicity of the lipid structure. Since, as in protein research, mutants or overexpression of lipids are not realistic, a considerable amount of lipid research relies on the use of tagged lipid analogues. However, given the size of an average lipid molecule, special care is needed for the selection of probes, since if the size and intramolecular localization of the probe is not specifically taken into account, it may dramatically affect the properties of the lipids. The latter is particularly important in cell biological studies of lipid trafficking and sorting, where the probed lipid should resemble its natural counterpart as closely as possible. On the other hand, for biophysical applications, these considerations may be less critical. Here we provide a brief overview of the application of several lipid probes in cell biological and biophysical research, and critically analyze their validity in the various fields.
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- Olaf Maier
- Department of Membrane Cell Biology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Groningen, Antonius Deusinglaan 1, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands
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Võikar V, Rauvala H, Ikonen E. Cognitive deficit and development of motor impairment in a mouse model of Niemann-Pick type C disease. Behav Brain Res 2002; 132:1-10. [PMID: 11853852 DOI: 10.1016/s0166-4328(01)00380-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 99] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Niemann-Pick disease type C (NPC) is a fatal, autosomal recessive lipidosis characterized by a unique error in cellular trafficking of cholesterol. In the disease, unesterified cholesterol as well as sphingolipids accumulate in the late endosomes/lysosomes due to mutations in either of two recently isolated genes, NPC1 or NPC2. A metabolic and neurological disorder reminiscent of human NPC disease has been described in Balb/C mice, and it was recently shown that the mutation in the NPC mice resides in the orthologous murine Npc1 gene. Here we have followed the growth rate and applied behavioural methods in order to establish the onset and development of the major symptoms in the NPC mouse model. Wild type and NPC mice were studied during 28-59 days of age. Both male and female NPC mice displayed retarded growth at the age between 25 and 35 days. At the age of 35-45 days the weight was similar to controls and thereafter very rapidly decreased. The battery of coordination tests (vertical screen, beam balancing, coat hanger and rotating rod) established motor impairment of the NPC mice already at the age of 28-42 days, well before the onset of visually detectable ataxia. Decreased exploratory activity and lack of habituation was revealed in the NPC mice by open field test. The diseased mice were unable to learn and remember the location of the hidden escape platform in spatial water maze task suggesting cognitive impairment. In several tests the male NPC mice were more affected than the females. The present study represents the first behavioural analysis of the NPC mice. The battery of behavioural tests employed here should be valuable in the assessment of effective approaches to treat NPC, for which no preventive or curative measures have so far been established.
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- Vootele Võikar
- Laboratory of Molecular Neurobiology, Institute of Biotechnology and Department of Biosciences, PO Box 56, Viikinkaari 5, FIN-00014 University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.
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Simons M, Kramer EM, Macchi P, Rathke-Hartlieb S, Trotter J, Nave KA, Schulz JB. Overexpression of the myelin proteolipid protein leads to accumulation of cholesterol and proteolipid protein in endosomes/lysosomes: implications for Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease. J Cell Biol 2002; 157:327-36. [PMID: 11956232 PMCID: PMC2199249 DOI: 10.1083/jcb.200110138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 133] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Duplications and overexpression of the proteolipid protein (PLP) gene are known to cause the dysmyelinating disorder Pelizaeus-Merzbacher disease (PMD). To understand the cellular response to overexpressed PLP in PMD, we have overexpressed PLP in BHK cells and primary cultures of oligodendrocytes with the Semliki Forest virus expression system. Overexpressed PLP was routed to late endosomes/lysosomes and caused a sequestration of cholesterol in these compartments. Similar results were seen in transgenic mice overexpressing PLP. With time, the endosomal/lysosomal accumulation of cholesterol and PLP led to an increase in the amount of detergent-insoluble cellular cholesterol and PLP. In addition, two fluorescent sphingolipids, BODIPY-lactosylceramide and -galactosylceramide, which under normal conditions are sorted to the Golgi apparatus, were missorted to perinuclear structures. This was also the case for the lipid raft marker glucosylphosphatidylinositol-yellow fluorescence protein, which under normal steady-state conditions is localized on the plasma membrane and to the Golgi complex. Taken together, we show that overexpression of PLP leads to the formation of endosomal/lysosomal accumulations of cholesterol and PLP, accompanied by the mistrafficking of raft components. We propose that these accumulations perturb the process of myelination and impair the viability of oligodendrocytes.
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- Mikael Simons
- Department of Neurology, University of Tübingen, 72076 Tübingen, Germany.
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Lebrand C, Corti M, Goodson H, Cosson P, Cavalli V, Mayran N, Fauré J, Gruenberg J. Late endosome motility depends on lipids via the small GTPase Rab7. EMBO J 2002; 21:1289-300. [PMID: 11889035 PMCID: PMC125356 DOI: 10.1093/emboj/21.6.1289] [Citation(s) in RCA: 264] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We report that lipids contribute to regulate the bidirectional motility of late endocytic compartments. Late endocytic vesicles loaded with cholesterol lose their dynamic properties, and become essentially immobile, including in cells from Niemann-Pick C patients. These vesicles then retain cytoplasmic dynein activity, but seem to be unable to acquire kinesin activity, eventually leading to paralysis. Our data suggest that this defect depends on the small GTPase Rab7, since the motility of vesicles loaded with cholesterol can be restored by the Rab7 inhibitory mutant N125I. Conversely, wild-type Rab7 overexpression mimics the effects of cholesterol on motility in control cells. Consistently, cholesterol accumulation increases the amounts of membrane-associated Rab7, and inhibits Rab7 membrane extraction by the guanine nucleotide dissociation inhibitor. Our observations thus indicate that cholesterol contributes to regulate the Rab7 cycle, and that Rab7 in turn controls the net movement of late endocytic elements. We conclude that motor functions can be regulated by the membrane lipid composition via the Rab7 cycle.
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- Cécile Lebrand
- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Sciences II, Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences III, 30 quai E.Ansermet and Centre Medical Universitaire, Departement de Morphologie, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Present address: University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA Corresponding author e-mail: C.Lebrand and M.Corti contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Sciences II, Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences III, 30 quai E.Ansermet and Centre Medical Universitaire, Departement de Morphologie, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Present address: University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA Corresponding author e-mail: C.Lebrand and M.Corti contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Sciences II, Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences III, 30 quai E.Ansermet and Centre Medical Universitaire, Departement de Morphologie, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Present address: University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA Corresponding author e-mail: C.Lebrand and M.Corti contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Sciences II, Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences III, 30 quai E.Ansermet and Centre Medical Universitaire, Departement de Morphologie, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Present address: University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA Corresponding author e-mail: C.Lebrand and M.Corti contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Sciences II, Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences III, 30 quai E.Ansermet and Centre Medical Universitaire, Departement de Morphologie, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Present address: University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA Corresponding author e-mail: C.Lebrand and M.Corti contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Sciences II, Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences III, 30 quai E.Ansermet and Centre Medical Universitaire, Departement de Morphologie, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Present address: University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA Corresponding author e-mail: C.Lebrand and M.Corti contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Sciences II, Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences III, 30 quai E.Ansermet and Centre Medical Universitaire, Departement de Morphologie, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Present address: University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA Corresponding author e-mail: C.Lebrand and M.Corti contributed equally to this work
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- Department of Biochemistry, University of Geneva, Sciences II, Department of Cell Biology, University of Geneva, Sciences III, 30 quai E.Ansermet and Centre Medical Universitaire, Departement de Morphologie, 1 rue Michel Servet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland Present address: University of Notre Dame, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 251 Nieuwland Science Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556-5670, USA Corresponding author e-mail: C.Lebrand and M.Corti contributed equally to this work
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Hao M, Lin SX, Karylowski OJ, Wüstner D, McGraw TE, Maxfield FR. Vesicular and non-vesicular sterol transport in living cells. The endocytic recycling compartment is a major sterol storage organelle. J Biol Chem 2002; 277:609-17. [PMID: 11682487 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m108861200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 257] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We examined the intracellular transport of sterol in living cells using a naturally fluorescent cholesterol analog, dehydroergosterol (DHE), which has been shown to mimic many of the properties of cholesterol. By using DHE loaded on methyl-beta-cyclodextrin, we followed this cholesterol analog in pulse-chase studies. At steady state, DHE co-localizes extensively with transferrin (Tf), a marker for the endocytic recycling compartment (ERC), and redistributes with Tf in cells with altered ERC morphology. Expression of a dominant-negative mutation of an ERC-associated protein, mRme-1 (G429R), results in the slowing of both DHE and Tf receptor return to the cell surface. [3H]Cholesterol is found in the same fraction as 125I-Tf on sucrose density gradients, and this fraction can be specifically shifted to a higher density based on the presence of horseradish peroxidase-conjugated Tf in the same organelle. Whereas vesicular transport of Tf and efflux of DHE from the ERC are entirely blocked in energy-depleted cells, delivery of DHE to the ERC from the plasma membrane is only slightly affected. Biochemical studies performed using [3H]cholesterol show that the energy dependence of cholesterol transport to and from the ERC is similar to DHE transport. We propose that a large portion of intracellular cholesterol is localized in the ERC, and this pool might be important in maintaining cellular cholesterol homeostasis.
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- Mingming Hao
- Department of Biochemistry, Weill Medical College of Cornell University, New York, New York 10021, USA
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Leventhal AR, Chen W, Tall AR, Tabas I. Acid sphingomyelinase-deficient macrophages have defective cholesterol trafficking and efflux. J Biol Chem 2001; 276:44976-83. [PMID: 11579092 DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m106455200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Cholesterol efflux from macrophage foam cells, a key step in reverse cholesterol transport, requires trafficking of cholesterol from intracellular sites to the plasma membrane. Sphingomyelin is a cholesterol-binding molecule that transiently exists with cholesterol in endosomes and lysosomes but is rapidly hydrolyzed by lysosomal sphingomyelinase (L-SMase), a product of the acid sphingomyelinase (ASM) gene. We therefore hypothesized that sphingomyelin hydrolysis by L-SMase enables cholesterol efflux by preventing cholesterol sequestration by sphingomyelin. Macrophages from wild-type and ASM knockout mice were incubated with [(3)H]cholesteryl ester-labeled acetyl-LDL and then exposed to apolipoprotein A-I or high density lipoprotein. In both cases, [(3)H]cholesterol efflux was decreased substantially in the ASM knockout macrophages. Similar results were shown for ASM knockout macrophages labeled long-term with [(3)H]cholesterol added directly to medium, but not for those labeled for a short period, suggesting defective efflux from intracellular stores but not from the plasma membrane. Cholesterol trafficking to acyl-coenzyme A:cholesterol acyltransferase (ACAT) was also defective in ASM knockout macrophages. Using filipin to probe cholesterol in macrophages incubated with acetyl-LDL, we found there was modest staining in the plasma membrane of wild-type macrophages but bright, perinuclear fluorescence in ASM knockout macrophages. Last, when wild-type macrophages were incubated with excess sphingomyelin to "saturate" L-SMase, [(3)H]cholesterol efflux was decreased. Thus, sphingomyelin accumulation due to L-SMase deficiency leads to defective cholesterol trafficking and efflux, which we propose is due to sequestration of cholesterol by sphingomyelin and possibly other mechanisms. This model may explain the low plasma high density lipoprotein found in ASM-deficient humans and may implicate L-SMase deficiency and/or sphingomyelin enrichment of lipoproteins as novel atherosclerosis risk factors.
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- A R Leventhal
- Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York 10032, USA
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Sugimoto Y, Ninomiya H, Ohsaki Y, Higaki K, Davies JP, Ioannou YA, Ohno K. Accumulation of cholera toxin and GM1 ganglioside in the early endosome of Niemann-Pick C1-deficient cells. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:12391-6. [PMID: 11675488 PMCID: PMC60064 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.221181998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2001] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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We investigated intracellular trafficking of GM1 ganglioside in Niemann-Pick C1 (NPC1)-deficient Chinese hamster ovary cells [NPC1(-) cells] by using cholera toxin (CT) as a probe. Both the holotoxin and the B subunit (CTB) accumulated in GM1-enriched intracellular vesicles of NPC1(-) cells. CTB-labeled vesicles contained the early endosome marker Rab5 but not lysosome-associated membrane protein 2 and were not labeled with either Texas red-transferrin or Lysotracker, indicating that they represent early endosomes. Similarly, CT accumulated in intracellular vesicles of human NPC fibroblasts that contained both Rab5 and early endosomal antigen 1. CTB accumulation in NPC1(-) cells was abolished by expression of wild-type NPC1 but not by mutant proteins with a mutation either in the NPC domain or the sterol-sensing domain. A part of these mutant NPC1 proteins expressed in NPC1(-) cells was localized on CTB-labeled vesicles. U18666A treatment of "knock in" cells [NPC1(-) cells that stably expressed wild-type NPC1] caused CTB accumulation similar to that in NPC1(-) cells, and a part of wild-type NPC1was localized on CTB-labeled vesicles in drug-treated cells. Finally, CT tracer experiments in NPC1(-) cells revealed retarded excretion of internalized toxin into the culture medium and an increase in the intracellular release of A subunits. In accordance with the latter result, CT was more effective in stimulating cAMP formation in NPC1(-) than in wild-type cells. These results suggest that transport of CT/GM1 complexes from the early endosome to the plasma membrane depends on the function of NPC1, whereas transport to the Golgi apparatus/endoplasmic reticulum does not.
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- Y Sugimoto
- Department of Neurobiology, Tottori University Faculty of Medicine, Yonago 683, Japan
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Holthuis JC, Pomorski T, Raggers RJ, Sprong H, Van Meer G. The organizing potential of sphingolipids in intracellular membrane transport. Physiol Rev 2001; 81:1689-723. [PMID: 11581500 DOI: 10.1152/physrev.2001.81.4.1689] [Citation(s) in RCA: 240] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023] Open
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Eukaryotes are characterized by endomembranes that are connected by vesicular transport along secretory and endocytic pathways. The compositional differences between the various cellular membranes are maintained by sorting events, and it has long been believed that sorting is based solely on protein-protein interactions. However, the central sorting station along the secretory pathway is the Golgi apparatus, and this is the site of synthesis of the sphingolipids. Sphingolipids are essential for eukaryotic life, and this review ascribes the sorting power of the Golgi to its capability to act as a distillation apparatus for sphingolipids and cholesterol. As Golgi cisternae mature, ongoing sphingolipid synthesis attracts endoplasmic reticulum-derived cholesterol and drives a fluid-fluid lipid phase separation that segregates sphingolipids and sterols from unsaturated glycerolipids into lateral domains. While sphingolipid domains move forward, unsaturated glycerolipids are retrieved by recycling vesicles budding from the sphingolipid-poor environment. We hypothesize that by this mechanism, the composition of the sphingolipid domains, and the surrounding membrane changes along the cis-trans axis. At the same time the membrane thickens. These features are recognized by a number of membrane proteins that as a consequence of partitioning between domain and environment follow the domains but can enter recycling vesicles at any stage of the pathway. The interplay between protein- and lipid-mediated sorting is discussed.
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- J C Holthuis
- Department of Cell Biology and Histology, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Shogomori H, Futerman AH. Cholesterol depletion by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin blocks cholera toxin transport from endosomes to the Golgi apparatus in hippocampal neurons. J Neurochem 2001; 78:991-9. [PMID: 11553673 DOI: 10.1046/j.1471-4159.2001.00489.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
Abstract
We recently demonstrated that although cholera toxin (CT) is found in detergent-insoluble domains/rafts at the cell surface of cultured hippocampal neurons, it is internalized via a raft-independent mechanism. Thus, cholesterol depletion by methyl-beta-cyclodextrin (MbetaCD) did not affect the rate of CT internalization from the plasma membrane, but did affect the rate of CT degradation, which occurs in lysosomes. In the current study, we analyze which step of CT intracellular transport is inhibited by MbetaCD. Whereas pre-incubation with MbetaCD completely blocked CT degradation, it had no effect on the degradation of wheat germ agglutinin (WGA) or bovine serum albumin (BSA), which are internalized by receptor-mediated and fluid phase endocytosis, respectively. Brefeldin A also completely blocked CT degradation but had no effect on WGA or BSA degradation. In contrast, MbetaCD did not affect CT degradation, or CT-mediated cAMP generation, when added to neurons after CT had been transported to the Golgi apparatus. We conclude that CT transport from endosomes to the Golgi apparatus is cholesterol-dependent, whereas CT transport from the Golgi apparatus to lysosomes is cholesterol-independent.
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Affiliation(s)
- H Shogomori
- Department of Biological Chemistry, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel
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